VINTAGE CARPETS AND KILIMS

A Dealer's Choice selection of vintage Turkish kilims and carpets, as well as textiles, trims, and other treasures sourced from Turkey.

In 2006, I moved to Istanbul to work as an assistant to photographer, self-taught ethnographer, and antique textile collector Josephine Powell. Josephine instilled in me an appreciation of and an endless curiosity about traditional textiles and the people who made them. A self-declared rugophile and textile nerd, I have more rugs than floors and can't stop falling in love with more. Now based in New York, I am pleased to keep active in the rug trade by partnering with long-time friends in Turkey, expert textile and rug collectors and dealers, to bring these gorgeous, usable, rugs to a wider audience.

We are happy to work with interior designers to find the best piece. Our collection is as vast and our passion and knowledge of textiles deep. Please email for more information: info@clarelouisefrost.com

Vintage Eastern Anatolian - Kars Runner / 2'9"x10'8"/ 85x326cm

Vintage Eastern Anatolian - Kars Runner / 2'9"x10'8"/ 85x326cm

1,200.00

Lovely, long runner from far Eastern Anatolia’s Kars, right against the current borders with Armenia and Georgia.

Kars has a long history of being over one border or another - Ottoman, Russian, Armenian... Just outside the modern city of Kars is Ani, the ruins of the 11th century Armenian capital. An area of high mountains and plateaus. These non-commercial rugs were made by the people who used them, which makes them authentic expressions of an age-old culture.

This rug is low-pile and supple, with a great raspberry purple ground with darkest black border. A piece that would play well in many interior styles.